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DBI says tightened time frames speed heat‑violation closures; commissioners weigh stiffer penalties and policy changes
Summary
DBI presented a case-study showing daily inspector follow-up on heat complaints and reported 551 alleged heat violations since Jan. 2012 with about 94% now closed; commissioners discussed administrative penalties, targeted enforcement, and interim mitigation while residents criticized enforcement delays.
Rosemarie Boske, chief housing inspector at the Department of Building Inspection, told the commission on March 18 that from Jan. 1, 2012, through February the department logged 551 alleged heat violations and has closed roughly 94 percent of those cases, leaving about 36 still open. Boske walked commissioners through a weeklong case study showing inspectors visiting a residential hotel multiple times, issuing a two‑day notice of violation and, when repairs lagged, scheduling a director’s hearing and assessing costs.
That sequence — complaint on Sunday, inspector visits Monday, notice posted Tuesday, director’s‑hearing process initiated by Thursday — illustrated the department’s shortened compliance time frames adopted in response to prior problems, Boske said. She described the approach…
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